In an article on Gamespot , former members of some of the biggest AAA game studios have departed their jobs to form Tangentlemen, a 15-person supergroup of game developers whose credits include games such as Titanfall and Tomb Raider .
. Their websitelaunched with an announcement proclaiming the new studio as “An unholy brew of ancient game development alchemists” who have “joined forces to create boundless interactive experiences.”
Tangentlemen’s most prominent personnel include Toby Gard, the man behind the original Tomb Raider and its lead character Lara Croft, Rich Smith, an artist who worked for Infinity Ward on the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series, John Garcia-Shelton, a producer for Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z as well as the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty series, and Cory Davis, the creative director behind the thought-provoking military shooter Spec Ops: The Line.
The new studio’s setup is a far cry from the multi-million dollar companies these men came from, and is instead more of a return to the days of groundbreaking titles such as Doom, which was developed by an id Software composed of less than 15 people. In fact, Tangentlemen’s current studio is not within a fancy office building, but is instead in producer John Shelton-Garcia’s garage.